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作者

来源

HOUSING STUDIES,Vol.32,Issue8,P.1085-1104

语言

英文

关键字

Resident involvement; welfare state; housing policy; Danish non-profit housing; resident democracy; marketization; GOVERNANCE; PARTICIPATION; ASSOCIATIONS; TENANT

作者单位

[Hansen, Anne Vorre] Roskilde Univ, Dept Social Sci & Business, Roskilde, Denmark. [Li Langergaard, Luise] Roskilde Univ, Dept People & Technol, Ctr Social Entrepreneurship, Roskilde, Denmark. Hansen, AV (reprint author), Roskilde Univ, Dept Social Sci & Business, Roskilde, Denmark. E-Mail: Vorre@ruc.dk

摘要

Resident democracy as a special form of participatory democratic set-up is fundamental in the understanding, and self-understanding, of the non-profit housing sector in Denmark. Through a case study, the paper explores how resident democracy is perceived and narrated between residents and employees at a housing association. The study indicates that the meta-story of democracy is disconnected from practice and the lived lives of residents. Three analytical tensions structure the analysis, which relate to the conditions for realizing the democratic ideal embedded in the structure of the sector. The tensions are related to representative versus participatory democracy; collectivity versus individuality; and service versus welfare. The tensions elucidate how resident democracy is squeezed between different logics, which result in an ambiguous setting for practising democracy. Based on the results, the article discusses conditions for prospective democracy in the Danish non-profit housing sector.